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Zhonghua Zhong Liu Za Zhi ; 46(5): 419-427, 2024 May 23.
Artigo em Chinês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38742355

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Objective: To investigate the detection of bone marrow tumor cells in small cell lung cancer (SCLC) patients and their relationship with clinical features, treatment response and prognosis. Methods: A total of 113patients with newly diagnosed SCLC from January 2018 to October 2022 at Beijing Chest Hospital were prospectively enrolled. Before treatment, bone marrow was aspirated and separately submitted for tumor cells detection by liquid-based cytology and disseminated tumor cells (DTCs) detection by the substrction enrichment and immunostaining fluorescence in situ hybridization (SE-iFISH) platform. The correlation between the detection results of the two methods with patients' clinical features and treatment response was evaluated by Chi-square. Kaplan-Meier method was applied to create survival curves and the Cox regression model was used for multivariate analysis. Results: The positive rate of bone marrow liquid-based cytology in SCLC was 15.93% (18/113). The liver and bone metastases rates were significantly higher (55.56% vs 11.58% for liver metastasis, P<0.001; 77.78% vs 16.84% for bone metastasis, P<0.001) and thrombocytopenia was more common (16.67% vs 2.11%, P=0.033) in patients with tumor cells detected in liquid-based cytology than those without detected tumor cells. As for SE-iFISH, DTCs were detected in 92.92% of patients (105/113), the liver and bone metastasis rates were significantly higher (37.93% vs 11.90% for liver metastasis, P=0.002; 44.83% vs 20.23 % for bone metastasis, P=0.010), and the incidence of thrombocytopenia was significantly increased (13.79% vs 1.19%, P=0.020) in patients with DTCs≥111 per 3 ml than those with DTCs<111 per 3 ml. The positive rates of bone marrow liquid-based cytology in the disease control group and the disease progression group were 12.00% (12/100) and 46.15% (6/13), respectively, and the difference was statistically significant (P=0.002). However, the result of SE-iFISH revealed the DTCs quantities of the above two groups were 29 (8,110) and 64 (15,257) per 3 ml, and there was no statistical difference between the two groups (P=0.329). Univariate analysis depicted that the median progression-free survival (PFS) and median overall survival (OS) of liquid-based cytology positive patients were significantly shorter than those of tumor cell negative patients (6.33 months vs 9.27 months for PFS, P=0.019; 8.03 months vs 19.50 months for OS, P=0.019, P=0.033). The median PFS and median OS in patients with DTCs≥111 per 3 ml decreased significantly than those with DTCs<111 per 3 ml (6.83 months vs 9.50 months for PFS, P=0.004; 11.2 months vs 20.60 months for OS, P=0.019). Multivariate analysis showed that disease stage (HR=2.806, 95%CI:1.499-5.251, P=0.001) and DTCs quantity detected by SE-iFISH (HR=1.841, 95%CI:1.095-3.095, P=0.021) were independent factors of PFS, while disease stage was the independent factor of OS (HR=2.538, 95%CI:1.169-5.512, P=0.019). Conclusions: Both bone marrow liquid-based cytology and SE-iFISH are clinically feasible. The positive detection of liquid-based cytology or DTCs≥111 per 3 ml was correlated with distant metastasis, and DTCs≥111 per 3 ml was an independent prognostic factor of decreased PFS in SCLC.


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Medula Óssea , Neoplasias Pulmonares , Carcinoma de Pequenas Células do Pulmão , Humanos , Carcinoma de Pequenas Células do Pulmão/patologia , Neoplasias Pulmonares/patologia , Prognóstico , Medula Óssea/patologia , Estudos Prospectivos , Feminino , Masculino , Neoplasias Hepáticas/patologia , Neoplasias Hepáticas/secundário , Neoplasias Ósseas/secundário , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Neoplasias da Medula Óssea/secundário , Taxa de Sobrevida , Células da Medula Óssea , Idoso , Trombocitopenia , Modelos de Riscos Proporcionais , Estimativa de Kaplan-Meier , Relevância Clínica
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J Stomatol Oral Maxillofac Surg ; 121(5): 517-522, 2020 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31904532

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INTRODUCTION: The aim of this experimental study was to investigate, under the premise of discectomy, whether damage to either the fibrous layer of the condyle or that of the glenoid fossa, could induce temporomanibular joint (TMJ) ankylosis. And if not, which of the fibrous layer was more important in the genesis of TMJ ankylosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Bilateral TMJ surgery was performed in 6 growing Xiao-wei Han sheep. Disk and condylar fibrous layer removal (DCFLR) was performed on the left TMJ, and disk and glenoid fibrous layer removal (DGFLR) was performed on the right TMJ. All animals were sacrificed at 3 months postoperatively. The TMJ complexes were examined by histological evaluation. RESULTS: Partial fibrous ankylosis was achieved on the DCFLR side in the 6 sheep at 3 months after surgery. On the DGFLR side, pathologic characteristics of TMJ osteoarthritis could be seen; however, no evidence of ankylosis was observed. The scores of TMJ ankylosis for the DGFLR side were significantly lower than those for the DCFLR side (P<0.05). CONCLUSION: This study demonstrated that removal of the condylar fibrous layer, not the glenoid fibrous layer, combined with discectomy could lead to traumatic TMJ ankylosis.


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Cavidade Glenoide , Transtornos da Articulação Temporomandibular , Anquilose Dental , Animais , Cavidade Glenoide/cirurgia , Humanos , Côndilo Mandibular/cirurgia , Ovinos , Articulação Temporomandibular/cirurgia , Transtornos da Articulação Temporomandibular/diagnóstico , Transtornos da Articulação Temporomandibular/etiologia , Transtornos da Articulação Temporomandibular/cirurgia
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Zhonghua Zhong Liu Za Zhi ; 41(11): 826-830, 2019 Nov 23.
Artigo em Chinês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31770849

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Objective: To investigate the expression of fragile-site associated tumor suppressor (FATS) in non-small cell lung cancer and its relationship with clinicopathological features and prognosis. Methods: A total of 140 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cases and 30 adjacent normal tissues were used to detect the expression level of FATS protein, and to analyze the relationship of FATS protein expression and clinicopathological features and prognosis of NSCLC. Results: Western blot showed that the expression of FATS in adjacent normal tissues was significantly higher than that in non-small cell lung cancer tissues. The results of immunohistochemistry showed that the high expression rate of FATS in 140 cases of NSCLC was 40.0%, and the high expression rate of FATS in 30 cases of adjacent tissues was 73.3%. The difference was statistically significant (P=0.01). Further analysis showed that the TNM stage (P=0.044) and lymph node metastasis (P=0.022) were significant difference between FATS high expression group and low expression group. The 6-year overall survival (OS) rates of NSCLC patients with FATS high-expression and low-expression were 57.1% and 23.8%, respectively, and the 6-year disease-free survival (DFS) rates were 53.6% and 21.4%, respectively, with statistically significant differences (P=0.001). In Cox multivariate analysis, we found gender (HR=1.658, P=0.028; HR=1.684, P=0.023), TNM staging (HR=2.327, P=0.019; HR=2.332, P=0.013) and FATS expression (HR=0.532, P=0.010; HR=0.538, P=0.009) were independent prognostic factors for both OS and DFS of NSCLC patients. Conclusions: The expression of FATS protein is associated with the development and is an independent prognostic factor of NSCLC patients. The detection of FATS protein is expected to be a new biomarker for evaluating the prognosis of NSCLC patients.


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Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/genética , Proteínas do Citoesqueleto/genética , Neoplasias Pulmonares/genética , Biomarcadores Tumorais/genética , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/diagnóstico , Humanos , Estimativa de Kaplan-Meier , Neoplasias Pulmonares/diagnóstico , Estadiamento de Neoplasias , Prognóstico
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Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci ; 19(12): 2231-9, 2015 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26166648

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OBJECTIVE: The prognostic role of phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has been controversial. PATIENTS AND METHODS: In this study, levels of PTEN expression were investigated in NSCLC patients and their prognostic value in NSCLC was assessed. PTEN expression in tumor tissues from 68 NSCLC patients was analyzed using immunohistochemistry and confocal microscopy. Survival analysis was performed using the log-rank test and Cox proportional hazards regression analysis. RESULTS: NSCLC patients classified as expressers of high levels of PTEN (n = 46) had better prognoses than those classified as expressers of low levels (mean survival 17.1 versus 12.9 months, log-rank p = 0.038). In patients with adenocarcinoma (AC), high PTEN expression (n = 9) was associated with significantly longer survival than low PTEN expression (mean survival 23.50 versus 15.54 months, log-rank p = 0.043). High levels of PTEN expression resulted in 43% reduction in risk for all NSCLC patients (HR = 0.57, 95% CI: 0.33-0.98, p = 0.041). PTEN expression and clinical stage remained significantly associated with survival after adjustment for age, sex and tumor type (HR = 0.56, 95% CI: 0.32-0.99; p = 0.048; HR = 0.54, 95% CI: 0.36-0.97; p = 0.045). No significant difference in continuous PTEN expression levels was observed among groups with different clinical or pathological characteristics (p > 0.17). When levels of PTEN expression were binarized using the optimal cutpoint, higher levels of PTEN expression were observed in patients with T1/T2 than in those with T3/T4 (80% and 58% respectively, p = 0.049) and in patients with AC than in those with squamous-cell carcinoma (SCC) (78% and 58% respectively, p = 0.08). No significant difference in binarized PTEN expression levels was found among groups with any other clinical/pathologic characteristic (p > 0.28). CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that high levels of PTEN expression may be favorable prognostic marker in NSCLC patients.


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Biomarcadores Tumorais/biossíntese , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/diagnóstico , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/metabolismo , Neoplasias Pulmonares/diagnóstico , Neoplasias Pulmonares/metabolismo , PTEN Fosfo-Hidrolase/biossíntese , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/mortalidade , Estudos de Coortes , Feminino , Regulação Neoplásica da Expressão Gênica , Humanos , Pulmão/metabolismo , Pulmão/patologia , Neoplasias Pulmonares/mortalidade , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Valor Preditivo dos Testes , Prognóstico , Análise de Sobrevida
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Int J Cancer ; 100(3): 327-31, 2002 Jul 20.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12115548

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A large-scale epidemiologic survey on the prevalence of different types of human papillomavirus (HPV) in cervical cancer in China is indicated because of the implications for the development of diagnostic probes and vaccines against cervical cancer. A total of 809 cervical cancer specimens were collected from 5 regions in China including Shanghai, Guangzhou, Sichuan, Beijing and Hong Kong. HPV DNA was detected in 83.7% of the specimens. HPV-16 was present in 79.6%, HPV-18 in 7.5%, HPV-52 in 2.6% and HPV-58 in 3.8% of all HPV-positive specimens. The prevalences of HPV-16 and HPV-18 in Hong Kong were 61.7 and 14.8%, respectively, representing a lower HPV-16 and a higher HPV-18 proportion compared with the other regions. HPV-16 remained the most common HPV infection in both squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and adenocarcinoma (AC). The proportion of HPV-18 infection was significantly higher in AC than in SCC.


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Papillomaviridae/isolamento & purificação , Neoplasias do Colo do Útero/virologia , China , DNA Viral/análise , Feminino , Humanos , Prevalência , Estudos Prospectivos
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World J Gastroenterol ; 7(6): 805-10, 2001 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11854906

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AIM: To study the clinicopathological and molecular genetic characteristics of typical Chinese hereditary nonpolyposis cotorectal cancer (HNPCC) families. METHODS: Four typical Chinese HNPCC families were analyzed using microdissection, microsatellite instability analysis, immunostaining of hMSH2 and hMLH1 proteins and direct DNA sequencing of hMSH2 and hMLH1 genes. RESULTS: All five tumor tissues of 4 probands from the 4 typical Chinese HNPCC families showed microsatellite instability at more than two loci (MSI-H or RER+ phenotype). Three out of the 4 cases lost hMSH2 protein expression and the other case showed no hMLH1 protein expression. Three pathological germline mutations (2 in hMSH2 and 1 in hMLH1), which had not been reported previously, were identified. The same mutations were also found in other affected members of two HNPCC families,respectively. CONCLUSION: Typical Chinese HNPCC families showed relatively frequent germline mutation of mismatch repair genes. High-level microsatellite instability and loss of expression of mismatch repair genes correlated closely with germline mutation of mismatch repair genes. Microsatellite instability analysis and immunostaining of mismatch repair gene might serve as effective screening methods before direct DNA sequencing. It is necessary to establish clinical criteria and molecular diagnostic strategies more suitable for Chinese HNPCC families.


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Povo Asiático/genética , Neoplasias Colorretais Hereditárias sem Polipose/genética , Neoplasias Colorretais Hereditárias sem Polipose/patologia , Adulto , Idoso , China , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Biologia Molecular , Linhagem
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Zhongguo Yao Li Xue Bao ; 19(3): 273-6, 1998 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10375743

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AIM: To study the effect of menadione (Men) reducing doxorubicin (Dox) resistance in Ehrlich ascites carcinoma (EAC) cells resistant to Dox (EAC/Dox cells). METHODS: Glutathione (GSH) content and membrane fluidity were measured by fluorometric assay and fluorescence depolarization assay, respectively. Glutathione S-transferase (GST) activity was measured with 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene as the substrate. Cell viability was determined by 3-(4, 5-dimethylthiazol)-2, 5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide assay. RESULTS: GSH content, GST activity, and membrane fluidity in EAC/Dox cells were higher than those in EAC cells (P < 0.01). The IC50 (95% confidence limits) for Dox on EAC/Dox cell was 22.3 (15.8-28.8) mg.L-1. Relative resistance of Dox in EAC/Dox cells was 42-fold. Pretreatment of EAC/Dox cells with Men 5 or 10 mg.L-1 decreased intracellular GSH content (P < 0.01). Men 1 mg.L-1 had no obvious effect on GSH content in EAC/Dox cells (P > 0.05), but decreased the elevated membrane fluidity efficiently (P < 0.05). Men had no obvious effect on GST activity in EAC/Dox cells (P > 0.05). IC50 of Dox was reduced to 9.6 (7.8-11.3), 6.0 (2.8-9.2), or 5.3 (3.9-6.7) mg.L-1 in EAC/Dox cells pretreated with Men 1, 5, or 10 mg.L-1. CONCLUSION: Men reduced Dox resistance effectively due in part to its depletion of GSH content in EAC/Dox cells.


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Carcinoma de Ehrlich/patologia , Doxorrubicina/farmacologia , Vitamina K/farmacologia , Animais , Resistencia a Medicamentos Antineoplásicos , Glutationa/metabolismo , Glutationa Transferase/metabolismo , Fluidez de Membrana/efeitos dos fármacos , Células Tumorais Cultivadas/efeitos dos fármacos , Células Tumorais Cultivadas/metabolismo
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Nutrition ; 13(4): 330-41, 1997 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9178284

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In rats injected with bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS; 5 gamma mg/g body weight [BWT]), the toxin provokes death within 24 h in 23% of the animals and, in surviving rats, causes a decrease in BWT, hyperlactacidemia, hyperlipacidemia, and hyperketonemia, as well as depletion of both liver and muscle glycogen content. In the liver, LPS severely lowers the ATP and total adenine nucleotide content, ATP/ADP ratio, and adenylate charge. In hepatocytes from LPS-injected rats, the oxidation of D-glucose is first increased 2 h after administration of the toxin, despite close-to-normal phosphorylation of the hexose. In hepatocytes prepared from rats killed 24 h after injection of LPS, the phosphorylation of D-glucose, its incorporation into glycogen, and its oxidation are all severely impaired. This sequence of changes, which coincides with a decreased ratio between pyruvate and lactate production from exogenous D-glucose, is comparable to that found with agents that uncouple oxidative phosphorylation. The injection of LPS also alters the metabolic response of hepatocytes to the dimethyl ester of succinic acid (SAD), in terms, for instance, of the sparing action of the ester upon both the production of 14CO2 by hepatocytes prelabeled with L-[U-14C] glutamine and the output of NH4+, and its inhibitory action on glycogenolysis and futile cycling in the reactions catalyzed by glucokinase and glucose-6-phosphatase. Nevertheless, the infusion of SAD protects the rats against the deleterious effect of LPS upon such variables as the plasma concentration of free fatty acids and beta-hydroxybutyrate, the liver ATP content, and the oxidation of D-glucose, as well as the pyruvate/lactate ratio, in hepatocytes prepared from the LPS-injected rats. The infusion of SAD also virtually suppresses lethality in the LPS-injected animals. It is proposed, therefore, that the infusion of succinic acid esters may represent a novel therapeutic approach in endotoxemia and multiple-organ failure.


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Endotoxemia/prevenção & controle , Succinatos/uso terapêutico , Nucleotídeos de Adenina/metabolismo , Animais , Glicemia/metabolismo , Peso Corporal , Endotoxemia/etiologia , Feminino , Glucose/metabolismo , Glicogênio/metabolismo , Insulina/sangue , Cetonas/sangue , Cinética , Ácido Láctico/sangue , Lipopolissacarídeos/administração & dosagem , Fígado/efeitos dos fármacos , Fígado/metabolismo , Mitocôndrias Hepáticas/metabolismo , Músculos/metabolismo , Consumo de Oxigênio , Compostos de Amônio Quaternário/metabolismo , Ratos , Succinatos/administração & dosagem
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Diabetologia ; 39(8): 990-2, 1996 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8858223

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Tumoural islet cells of the RINm5F line were incubated for 120 min in the presence of [2-13C]propionate (10 mmol/l), and the 13C enrichment of lactate released in the incubation medium was monitored by 13C nuclear magnetic resonance. The C3/C2 ratio of resonance areas was much lower than that found with naturally 13C-enriched lactate. This reveals that symmetric Krebs cycle intermediates undergo oriented transfer in the sequence of reactions catalysed by succinate thiokinase, succinate dehydrogenate and fumarase in the mitochondria of islet cells.


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Ciclo do Ácido Cítrico , Ilhotas Pancreáticas/enzimologia , Ácido Láctico/biossíntese , Propionatos/metabolismo , Animais , Isótopos de Carbono , Ilhotas Pancreáticas/metabolismo , Ácido Láctico/química , Ácido Láctico/metabolismo , Espectroscopia de Ressonância Magnética , Propionatos/análise , Propionatos/química , Ratos , Células Tumorais Cultivadas
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Biochem J ; 317 ( Pt 3): 861-3, 1996 Aug 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8760374

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The generation of 13C-labelled lactate by colon carcinoma cells of the Caco-2 line incubated for 120 min in the presence of [2-13C]propionate (10 mM) was assessed by 13C NMR. About 10% of the total amount of 13C-labelled lactate was recovered in the cell pellet and displayed a [2-13C]lactate/[3-13C]lactate isotopomer ratio of 1.18 +/- 0.01. An even higher isotopomer ratio of 1.53 +/- 0.14 was observed in the case of 13C-labelled lactate released by the cells into the incubation medium. These findings indicate that, in the Caco-2 cells, metabolic intermediates of the Krebs cycle undergo enzyme-to-enzyme channelling in the sequence of reactions catalysed by succinyl-CoA synthetase, succinate dehydrogenase and fumarase.


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Células CACO-2/metabolismo , Ciclo do Ácido Cítrico , Propionatos/farmacologia , Isótopos de Carbono , Neoplasias do Colo/metabolismo , Neoplasias do Colo/patologia , Humanos , Espectroscopia de Ressonância Magnética
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Am J Physiol ; 270(5 Pt 1): G852-9, 1996 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8967498

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The dimethyl esters of succinic acid (SAD) and glutamic acid (GME) were found to be efficiently metabolized in colon carcinoma cells of the Caco-2 line. The rate of [1,4-14C]SAD and [2,3-14C]SAD conversion to radioactive acidic metabolites, CO2, amino acids, pyruvic acid, and lactic acid suggested that the catabolism of the ester-derived succinic acid occurred mainly through the sequence of reactions catalyzed by succinate dehydrogenase, fumarase, and the malic enzyme. This coincided with a marked sparing action of SAD on the utilization of D-[2-(3)H]glucose and D-[5-(3)H]glucose and generation of 14C-labeled acid metabolites, CO2, and lactic acid from D-[U-14C]glucose by the enterocytes. Likewise, the conversion of [U-14C]GME to 14C-labeled amino acids, its oxidation compared with that of [1-(14)C]GME, and the production of NH4+ in the absence or presence of GME indicated efficient catabolism of the latter ester. Like SAD, GME decreased the utilization of D-[5-(3)H]glucose and generation of 14C-labeled acidic metabolites, pyruvate, and CO2 from D-[6-(14)C]glucose, while increasing the generation of 14C-labeled amino acids from the labeled hexose. The oxidation of D-[6-(14)C]glucose was even more severely inhibited by GME. In normal rat intestinal cells, SAM, SAD, and GME also exerted a marked sparing action on D-[U-14C]glucose oxidation. The present findings suggest, therefore, that these esters could possibly be used to sustain ATP generation in intestinal cells.


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Células CACO-2/metabolismo , Glutamatos/metabolismo , Fenômenos Fisiológicos da Nutrição , Succinatos/metabolismo , Trifosfato de Adenosina/metabolismo , Células CACO-2/efeitos dos fármacos , Glucose/metabolismo , Glutamatos/farmacologia , Ácido Glutâmico/metabolismo , Ácido Glutâmico/farmacologia , Humanos , Mucosa Intestinal/metabolismo , Intestinos/citologia , Oxirredução/efeitos dos fármacos , Valores de Referência , Succinatos/farmacologia , Ácido Succínico
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Acta Diabetol ; 32(3): 198-202, 1995 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8590791

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Pancreatic islets isolated from control rats, Goto-Kakizaki rats and adult rats that were injected with streptozotocin during the neonatal period were incubated for two successive period of 90 min each in the presence of D-glucose (11.1 mM) with or without formycin A (1.0 mM), and in the presence of the dimethyl ester of succinic acid (SAD, 10.0 mM) with or without palmitate (1.0 mM). Although formycin A augmented glucose-stimulated insulin release in both control and diabetic rats, it failed to compensate for the impaired secretory response to D-glucose in the latter animals. Likewise, non-glucidic nutrients such as SAD and/or palmitate failed to display a more efficient insulinotropic action, relative to basal insulin output, in diabetic than control rats. These results indicate that both formycin A and non-glucidic nutrients are unable, through their immediate insulinotropic action, to restore a normal output of insulin in islets of animals with inherited or acquired non-insulin-dependent diabetes.


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Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Diabetes Mellitus Experimental/metabolismo , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/metabolismo , Formicinas/farmacologia , Insulina/metabolismo , Ilhotas Pancreáticas/efeitos dos fármacos , Palmitatos/farmacologia , Succinatos/farmacologia , Animais , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/genética , Ilhotas Pancreáticas/metabolismo , Ratos , Ratos Wistar
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Biochem Mol Med ; 55(2): 131-7, 1995 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-7582870

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The hydrolysis of the dimethyl ester of [1,4-14C]succinic acid and/or [2,3-14C]succinic acid was measured in homogenates of rat pancreatic islets, liver, jejunum, brain, BC3H1 mouse myocytes, NG108-19 mouse neuroblastoma x rat glioma hybrid cells, and Caco-2 human colon adenocarcinoma cells. The specific activity of the enzyme was much higher in liver, jejunum, and Caco-2 cells than in the other cell types. The affinity of the enzyme for succinic acid dimethyl ester (SAD) was also much higher in liver than in islet homogenates. In the latter case, both particulate and cytosolic activity were observed upon subcellular fractionation. The activity found in islet homogenates was commensurate with the rate of SAD hydrolysis in intact cells. While the intracellular pool of acidic metabolites generated from SAD remained fairly stable over a 15- to 120-min incubation and was mainly located in the cytosolic compartment, the amount of acidic metabolites released in the extracellular milieu progressively increased with the length of incubation. Such metabolites included both monocarboxylic and dicarboxylic acids, the latter consisting mainly of succinic acid and, to a much lesser extent, of fumaric acid and malic acid. However, at variance with SAD, succinic acid failed to be taken up by intact islets. There was no close parallelism between the specific activity of the SAD esterase and the extent of SAD utilization in distinct cell types.


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Ilhotas Pancreáticas/metabolismo , Succinatos/metabolismo , Animais , Linhagem Celular , Feminino , Humanos , Hidrólise , Camundongos , Ratos
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Toxicology ; 98(1-3): 163-75, 1995 Apr 12.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-7537925

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Morphologic and morphometric studies were made of the protective effects of ICRF-187 against the pulmonary damage induced by bleomycin in male and female C57/BL6 mice. Sixty minutes prior to the subcutaneous administration of 15 mg/kg of bleomycin, animals received either saline or ICRF-187 (300 or 150 mg/kg) intraperitoneally, twice a week for 4 weeks. The lungs of animals treated with bleomycin alone showed inflammation, hyperplasia of type II epithelial cells, squamous cell metaplasia and fibrosis. The extent of fibrosis was quantified by means of a color videometric system and histologic sections of lung stained according to a modified Masson trichrome method. The severity of these alterations, particularly of fibrosis, was reduced in all groups of animals pretreated with ICRF-187. The fibrosis was reduced to a similar extent in female mice treated with the 300 mg/kg and the 150 mg/kg doses of ICRF-187, from 39.3% to 17.6% and 13.3%, respectively. ICRF-187 induced significantly different degrees of reduction in fibrosis in the 2 groups of male mice treated with the 150 mg/kg and the 300 mg/kg doses, from 30% to 19.7% and 12.2%, respectively. In vitro studies indicated that both ICRF-187 and its open-ring hydrolysis product (ADR-925) remove iron slowly from the bleomycin-iron complex. This observation provides a basis for the concept that ICRF-187 protects by chelating iron involved in the formation of the bleomycin-Fe3+ complex that generates reactive oxygen radicals capable of causing pulmonary damage.


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Bleomicina/antagonistas & inibidores , Bleomicina/toxicidade , Pneumopatias/prevenção & controle , Pulmão/efeitos dos fármacos , Razoxano/farmacologia , Animais , Bleomicina/metabolismo , Etilenodiaminas/farmacologia , Feminino , Glicina/análogos & derivados , Glicina/farmacologia , Ferro/metabolismo , Pulmão/patologia , Pneumopatias/induzido quimicamente , Pneumopatias/patologia , Masculino , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Modelos Químicos , Espectrofotometria
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Biochem Mol Med ; 54(2): 112-6, 1995 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8581355

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The metabolism and metabolic effects of succinic acid methyl esters were examined in both NG108-15 mouse neuroblastoma x rat glioma hybrid cells and normal rat brain cells. The conversion of the dimethyl ester of 14C-labeled succinic acid (10 mM) to 14CO2 only represented 5% or less of that found at an equimolar concentration of D-[U- 14C]glucose. Neither the monomethyl nor the dimethyl ester of succinic acid exerted any significant effect upon the metabolism of D-glucose. Likewise, D-glucose (10 mM) failed to significantly affect the oxidation of the dimethyl ester of either [1,4- 14C]succinic acid or [2,3- 14C]succinic acid. It is concluded that, at variance with the situation recently documented in rat pancreatic islets and hepatocytes, the methyl esters of succinic acid are poorly metabolized in neural cells.


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Ésteres/metabolismo , Glioma/metabolismo , Neurônios/metabolismo , Succinatos/metabolismo , Animais , Encéfalo/citologia , Encéfalo/efeitos dos fármacos , Radioisótopos de Carbono , Bovinos , Ésteres/química , Feminino , Glioma/tratamento farmacológico , Glioma/patologia , Glucose/metabolismo , Glucose/farmacologia , Camundongos , Neuroblastoma/tratamento farmacológico , Neuroblastoma/metabolismo , Neuroblastoma/patologia , Neurônios/citologia , Neurônios/efeitos dos fármacos , Ratos , Ratos Endogâmicos , Succinatos/química , Ácido Succínico , Células Tumorais Cultivadas
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Yao Xue Xue Bao ; 29(1): 20-3, 1994.
Artigo em Chinês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8036896

RESUMO

Determination of GSH was performed by a modified fluorometric method. The experiments showed that the GSH content in resistant cell line (EAC/ADR) was 4 fold higher than that in sensitive cell line (EAC), being 1.25 +/- 0.35 microgram/10(6) cells in EAC/ADR and 0.31 +/- 0.12 microgram/10(6) cells in EAC. When the drug treatment was discontinued for 36 weeks, the sensitivity was partially recovered and the GSH level in EAC/ADR(R) cell parallelly decreased. In addition, vincristine, mitomycin C, actinomycin D and VP-16 showed no effect on the GSH content in the EAC/ADR cell.


Assuntos
Doxorrubicina/farmacologia , Glutationa/metabolismo , Animais , Carcinoma de Ehrlich/patologia , Sobrevivência Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Resistência a Medicamentos , Feminino , Masculino , Camundongos , Mitomicina/farmacologia , Células Tumorais Cultivadas/metabolismo , Vincristina/farmacologia
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Zhongguo Yao Li Xue Bao ; 15(1): 56-9, 1994 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8010087

RESUMO

Using 3-(4,5-dimethythiazole)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) method, the effect of probimane (Pro) on doxorubicin (Dox) cytotoxicity was studied. Pro 0.313, 0.625, and 1.25 micrograms.ml-1 potentiated cytotoxicity of Dox in Ehrlich ascites carcinoma (EAC) cells. Incubation of EAC cells with Dox 10 micrograms.ml-1 and Pro 116.5, 233, and 466 micrograms.ml-1 resulted in an increase in intracellular drug accumulation from 0.69 +/- 0.06 to 1.08 +/- 0.10 micrograms/10(7) cells. In S37-bearing mice, Pro 23.3, 46.6, and 116.5 micrograms.ml-1 enhanced the malondialdehyde (MDA) formation in tumor and liver mitochondria and decreased MDA formation in liver mitochondria. These results suggested that the increases of Dox accumulation and MDA formation in tumor cells by Pro might be the reasons for synergistic effect of Pro on Dox cytotoxicity.


Assuntos
Antineoplásicos Fitogênicos/farmacologia , Carcinoma de Ehrlich/patologia , Doxorrubicina/farmacologia , Razoxano/análogos & derivados , Animais , Sinergismo Farmacológico , Masculino , Malondialdeído/metabolismo , Camundongos , Mitocôndrias/metabolismo , Transplante de Neoplasias , Razoxano/farmacologia , Células Tumorais Cultivadas/efeitos dos fármacos
19.
Zhongguo Yao Li Xue Bao ; 14(6): 561-4, 1993 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8010060

RESUMO

Oridonin (Ori) is an active principle isolated from Rabdosia rubescens. The cytotoxic effect of the combination of Ori and cisplatin was tested by MTT [3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide] colorimetric assay. IC50 of cisplatin to cultured S180 cells in 24 h was 9.38 micrograms.ml-1. When the cells were treated with cisplatin plus Ori 0.5 and 1 microgram.ml-1, the IC50 were 1/3.4 and 1/6.7, respectively, of that with cisplatin alone. Modified alkaline elution was used to detect the DNA interstrand cross-link and DNA-protein cross-link in S180 cells induced by the 2 drugs. A greater amount of DNA cross-link was detected when the cells were treated with cisplatin plus Ori than with cisplatin alone (P < 0.05). After lysis by proteinase K, a reduction in DNA cross-link was seen, which suggested that the drugs could produce both kinds of DNA cross-link.


Assuntos
Antineoplásicos Fitogênicos/farmacologia , Cisplatino/farmacologia , Diterpenos/farmacologia , Sarcoma 180/patologia , Animais , DNA de Neoplasias/efeitos dos fármacos , Diterpenos do Tipo Caurano , Sinergismo Farmacológico , Camundongos , Células Tumorais Cultivadas/efeitos dos fármacos
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Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi ; 18(9): 551-2, 574, 1993 Sep.
Artigo em Chinês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8011111

RESUMO

Qualitative and quantitative analyses of the essential oil steamdistilled from the aerial parts of Ligusticum chuanxiong were made by means of GC-MS and GC. Forty-six components which make up 85.82% of the total oil were identified.


Assuntos
Medicamentos de Ervas Chinesas/química , Óleos Voláteis/isolamento & purificação , 4-Butirolactona/análogos & derivados , 4-Butirolactona/isolamento & purificação , Benzofuranos/isolamento & purificação , Óleos Voláteis/química , Sesquiterpenos de Eudesmano , Tetra-Hidronaftalenos/isolamento & purificação
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